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circumstances have been omitted. Accordingly it should not be regarded as being a complete and authoritative
source of intellectual property information, and readers are advised to seek independent professional
advice before acting on anything contained herein. The Intellectual Property
Office cannot take any
responsibility
for the consequences of errors or omissions.

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Database
search services

Whilst
the Intellectual Property Office takes all reasonable care in the provision
of its services, it does
not guarantee
the accuracy of its publications, data records or advice, nor accept any responsibility for errors or
omissions or their consequences.

The Intellectual Property
Office reserves
the right to amend, extend or withdraw without notice any part or all of this service. The information
available on this site is not intended to be comprehensive, and many details which may be relevant to
particular circumstances have been omitted. Accordingly it should not be regarded as being a complete
and authoritative source of intellectual property information, and readers are advised to seek independent
professional advice before acting on anything contained herein.

We
use public beta testing to ensure that when we fully release a service it is as stable and functional
as possible. As a result, beta services may change or display problems.

Acceptable
use of our database search services

The Intellectual Property
Office database
services are designed to meet the needs of a wide range of users wishing to interrogate our information
on-line.

Due to limitations of equipment and bandwidth, they
are not intended to be a source for bulk downloads.

Individuals,
companies, IP addresses or blocks of IP addresses who deny or degrade service to other users by generating
unusually high numbers of daily database accesses, whether generated manually or in an automated fashion
may be denied access to these services without notice.

Trade
Marks Journal

The
on-line electronic Journal is the official Trade Marks Journal. The printed list of marks accepted for
opposition purposes is provided as an additional service.

Until
colour management systems are in place, it is not possible to guarantee the accuracy of colour shown.
The Registry has carried out a colour prototype study and concluded that, generally the accuracy of
colour is better on screen than paper. This is why the printed list of marks accepted for opposition
purposes that The Intellectual Property Office provides will only be available
in black and white.

All
marks filed with a colour representation are now being scanned in colour. When the advert includes a
colour claim the colour is not merely illustrative but is intended to form part of the Trade Mark applied
for. Please take note of the colour claims.

It is possible
that the images for some black and white marks cannot be clearly viewed on screen. These can be more
clearly viewed when printed.

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